Word: paybacks
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...opportunity for a little payback and a boost in the rankings is enough to make any game interesting. The Harvard men’s lacrosse team’s 8-7 triple-overtime defeat of then-No. 14 Denver on April 1 became just that. After 68 minutes of play, the two squads entered the third extra frame exhausted and eager to leave the other team heartbroken in defeat. Two minutes and 45 seconds later, Crimson attacker Greg Cohen came around the left side of goal and stretched past the Pioneer goalie, putting the ball into the bottom...
...into the gym, strode up to Caveman and shot and killed him. They fired at least 18 times, blowing off half his face and pockmarking the floor tiles underneath his body. Three girls were injured by stray bullets. Then the men walked out. Police said the attack was probably payback for the murder of another high school student the week before...
...announced, Snakes On A Blog was launched - a blog devoted solely to one fan's mission to attend the Hollywood premiere of the film. Complete with a petition that can be signed by visitors and speculation that Samuel L. Jackson may just win an Oscar for Snakes as payback for being snubbed in 1994 for Pulp Fiction, it also offers quick links to Snakes trailers, songs and, of course, fan poetry. One example: "Terror slithers on Silent foe, / miles above Earth / Snakes are on the plane...
...neither speak English nor understand movie-making: "It was conceptually outside their thinking about the world," says De Heer. The Yolgnu's only requirement was that the film respect their pre-contact culture; only through the lens of the Dreamtime could De Heer explore the tribal warfare, sorcery, and payback he was drawn to as a filmmaker. His solution is novel, weaving seamlessly between the distant past (shot in black and white like the Thomson photograph) and a Technicolor Dreamtime, all of which is overlaid by Gulpilil's witty commentary. "Once upon a time, in a land far away...
...angst? In a healthy economy, long-term rates should move higher as short-term rates move higher. That's how lenders get compensated for the extra risk that comes with longer payback periods. A 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rightly carries a higher rate than a 15-year mortgage, which rightly carries a higher rate than a 10-year mortgage...